Drafting Legislation: Art and Technology of Rules for Regulation

by Helen Xanthaki

This book constitutes the first thorough academic analysis of legislative drafting. By placing the study of legislation and its principles within the paradigm of Flyvberg's phronetic social sciences, it offers a novel approach which breaks the tradition of unimaginative past descriptive reiterations of drafting conventions. Instead of prescribing rules for legislation, it sets out to identify efficacy as the main aim of the actors in the policy,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849464286
• ISBN13: 9781849464284
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"